What has restricting protests to Freedom Park meant for Bengaluru and its people?
9 months, 1 week ago

What has restricting protests to Freedom Park meant for Bengaluru and its people?

The Hindu  

“One of my favourite Bengaluru memories is gathering at Town Hall and singing,” says Vinay Sreenivasa, breaking into a resistance song. Even in Freedom Park, protests can only take place in a designated area “a parking lot where you are supposed to gather and raise slogans…where no one can see you,” says the lawyer and activist at a recent panel discussion titled Art as Activism: Creative Avenues for Voicing Dissent. “This restriction has not just made it difficult to protest anywhere, it has also made overall dissent itself very difficult.” The importance of dissent The event, which was held at the Bangalore International Centre, was centred around two broad topics: the ramifications of the ruling of the Karnataka High Court that limits public protests in Bengaluru to Freedom Park and how art can serve as a medium for dissent and drive social change. “Many of us have at least one FIR, due to the Freedom Park rule, which is what we have to fight against,” he says, referring to this rule as draconian.

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Karnataka bandh: No detentions in Bengaluru, protesters moved to Freedom Park, says police
6 days, 13 hours ago

Karnataka bandh: No detentions in Bengaluru, protesters moved to Freedom Park, says police

Hindustan Times  

Despite reports of police action, Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda clarified on Saturday that no detentions had been made during the 12-hour bandh called by pro-Kannada organisations. Bandh impact across Karnataka Meanwhile, in Chikkamagaluru, pro-Kannada activists were seen urging shopkeepers to close their businesses in support of the bandh. We will take out the rally from Town Hall to Freedom …

Karnataka HC grants permission for ‘Justice for Sowjanya’ protest in Bengaluru's Freedom Park
1 week, 1 day ago

Karnataka HC grants permission for ‘Justice for Sowjanya’ protest in Bengaluru's Freedom Park

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday granted permission for a peaceful protest at Freedom Park, Bengaluru, in connection with the ongoing demand for justice in the Sowjanya case. Karnataka High Court The protest is being organised to demand justice for Soujanya, a second-year Pre-University student of the Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College who was allegedly raped and murder on October 9, …

Bengaluru trade unions, activists demand withdrawal of protest licensing order
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bengaluru trade unions, activists demand withdrawal of protest licensing order

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Horaatada Hakkigagi Janandolana, a coalition of trade unions, women’s rights, queer rights, slum and Dalit organisations, and civil liberties groups demanded the withdrawal of the Licensing and Regulation of Protests, Demonstrations, and Protest Marches Order, 2021, which confines protests to Freedom Park. Protests, once a vibrant expression of democratic dissent across Bengaluru, are now designated to only Freedom Park, …

Symphony in Freedom Park
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Symphony in Freedom Park

Live Mint  

The pandemic forced the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, to step outdoors. Finally, in March 2022, we organised the first NCPA @The Park show at the Bandstand Promenade,” recalls Albert Almeida, consultant, chairman’s office, NCPA. And now, it’s stepping outside Mumbai itself in its first ever “away” show—at Freedom Park in Bengaluru—this weekend. Starting tonight, NCPA regulars will …

Bengaluru residents protest against proposed 10-storey building in Cubbon Park
1 year, 1 month ago

Bengaluru residents protest against proposed 10-storey building in Cubbon Park

The Hindu  

Hundreds of people on Sunday gathered at Cubbon Park and held a protest against a proposed 10-storeyed building to come up as an annex to the High Court within the park premises. S. Umesh Kumar, the president of the Cubbon Park Walkers’ Association, opposed to the government’s reported proposal for a 10-storey building within Cubbon Park. Mr. Umesh stated that …

Karnataka Bandh: Freedom Park sole location for rallies, says Bengaluru top cop B Dayananda
1 year, 5 months ago

Karnataka Bandh: Freedom Park sole location for rallies, says Bengaluru top cop B Dayananda

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru police commissioner D Dayananda on Thursday said the city's Freedom Park will be the sole location where protests will be allowed on bandh day. READ | Bengaluru: Karnataka Rakshana Vedike holds protest against state MPs over Cauvery water issue Police have already detained more than 50 protestors, Mallikarjun Baladandi, Additional SP of Bengaluru Rural district said. We will see …

Bengaluru bandh elicits mixed response, govt vows support to farmers
1 year, 6 months ago

Bengaluru bandh elicits mixed response, govt vows support to farmers

Hindustan Times  

The bandh called by various farmer and political groups in protest against the Cauvery River water dispute witnessed a partial response on Tuesday, people familiar with the matter said, adding most public services continued to operate normally despite the disruption of regular life in the city due to fewer people venturing out. Members of farmers’ associations and political groups gather …

A fight for the right to protest in Bengaluru
1 year, 8 months ago

A fight for the right to protest in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

Earlier this year, a group of retired teachers from aided schools demanding they be added to the Old Pension Scheme sat in protest at Freedom Park for 142 days with no government functionary visiting them to even receive a memorandum. In January 2022, the Bengaluru Police Commissioner issued an order restricting all protests to Freedom Park, one of the reasons …

Anita Anand | Protests, and how to handle them: A wake-up call for all governments
1 year, 9 months ago

Anita Anand | Protests, and how to handle them: A wake-up call for all governments

Deccan Chronicle  

Growing up in rural West Bengal, I first encountered protests when I heard the word “gherao”, which literally means “to encircle”. Two recent and substantial protests in India were against the Central government’s proposed policies or policies adopted without sufficient interaction with the concerned parties: the Citizenship Amendment Act and the three farm bills. In December 2019, the government proceeded …

After Police Denies Permission For 'Pride March', Karnataka HC Clarifies Its Order Limiting Protests To Freedom Park
2 years, 3 months ago

After Police Denies Permission For 'Pride March', Karnataka HC Clarifies Its Order Limiting Protests To Freedom Park

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that its order dated August 1 restricting protests, marches and dharanas to only Freedom Park in Bengaluru is not applicable to Celebratory marches. After the Police refused permission for 'Pride March', a division bench of Justices Alok Aradhe and S Vishwajith Shetty clarified that the words 'protests, marches and dharanas' in its …

BBMP resolution on protests outside Bengaluru's Town Hall aimed to delegitimise people's right to be seen, heard in public
5 years ago

BBMP resolution on protests outside Bengaluru's Town Hall aimed to delegitimise people's right to be seen, heard in public

Firstpost  

The BBMP resolution seeking to ban protests outside the iconic Puttanna Chetty Town Hall in Bengaluru shows that blocking traffic has somehow become an enough threat to ‘public order’ the state’s understanding to qualify as a reasonable restriction to the fundamental right to free speech and expression ​The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Council resolved, on Saturday, to ban protests outside …

Ban likely on protests at Bengaluru’s Town Hall
5 years ago

Ban likely on protests at Bengaluru’s Town Hall

Live Mint  

People in Bangalore wishing to raise their voice against injustice have one less place from where to do so. The city’s civic body on Saturday passed a resolution to ban protests outside the iconic Town Hall, where many demonstrations have been staged. Most protests in Bengaluru are held at Town Hall, Freedom Park, Maurya Circle, Mahatma Gandhi statue and the …

Parks and recreation? ...Not in Bengaluru!
8 years, 8 months ago

Parks and recreation? ...Not in Bengaluru!

Deccan Chronicle  

Our legislators have passed a bill - without any debate - which will reduce the green cover and recreational spaces, like parks and playgrounds, in all new areas from 10 per cent to 5 per cent! While most are crying themselves hoarse over the loss of green cover in Bengaluru, the Siddaramaiah administration has come up with a Bill to …

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